Viera and Suntree, Florida: Community Guide

Viera is not a city: it is unincorporated land in central Brevard County that the Census Bureau splits into two census designated places, Viera East and Viera West, and neighboring Suntree is not a Census place at all.

The 2024 Census place gazetteer for Florida lists Viera East CDP with 5.058 square miles of land and Viera West CDP with 9.102 square miles of land (2024 Census gazetteer, Florida places). The same file has no entry named Suntree, so every Census figure on this page belongs to one of the two Viera places.

Mailing addresses blur the line. Official listings in the area use three different post office names: Viera Middle School gives its address as 6093 Stadium Parkway, Viera, FL 32940 (Viera Middle School); Manatee Elementary lists 3425 Viera Blvd., Melbourne, FL 32940 (Manatee Elementary); and the county lists Rotary Park at Suntree at 6495 S. Highway 1, Rockledge, FL 32955 (Rotary Park at Suntree). The post office name on an envelope is a mailing label; whether a parcel is unincorporated is a question for the county.

Viera is also where Brevard County government works. The Brevard County Board of County Commissioners lists its address as 2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way, Viera, FL 32940 (About Brevard County), and the Natural Resources Management Office, located at the Brevard County Government Center at Viera, lists Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM for picking up its free brochures (Brevard County Natural Resources). Drivers reach the Viera Wetlands from I-95 at exit 191, heading west through the traffic circle at Wickham Road and Lake Andrew Drive (Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands).

The Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 2020-2024 5-year estimates count 12,570 residents in Viera East (ACS DP05, Viera East CDP) and 17,984 in Viera West (ACS DP05, Viera West CDP).

Viera East has a median age of 44.8, and 31.7 percent of its residents are 65 or older; Viera West has a median age of 45.3, with 22.5 percent aged 65 or older (the same two DP05 tables). Median household income is $92,467 in Viera East (ACS DP03, Viera East) and $109,170 in Viera West (ACS DP03, Viera West), and workers average 24.8 minutes and 27.5 minutes to work.

The housing figures come from table DP04: Viera East has 5,631 housing units, 76.3 percent of occupied homes owned, a median owner-occupied value of $396,700 and a median gross rent of $1,681 (ACS DP04, Viera East); Viera West has 8,081 units, 81.1 percent owned, a median value of $546,600 and a median gross rent of $2,182 (ACS DP04, Viera West). These are five-year survey medians covering 2020 to 2024 for each Census place as a whole, not values for a single home.

Brevard County governs Viera and Suntree: the Board of County Commissioners, elected from the county's five districts, sets policy and appoints a County Manager who runs daily operations (About Brevard County).

For Viera and Suntree that matters because the county says its government mainly serves people who live outside municipal boundaries, providing building permits and plan reviews, code enforcement, local road and bridge maintenance and utilities in unincorporated areas, plus countywide services such as 9-1-1, emergency medical services, emergency management, mosquito control, libraries and parks (Brevard County government overview). The county's main line is (321) 633-2000, and the other constitutional offices and organizations it lists include the Clerk of Courts, Property Appraiser, School Board, Sheriff's Office and Supervisor of Elections (About Brevard County, constitutional offices). The Brevard County government section covers commission districts, building permits for unincorporated land, property taxes and homestead exemptions step by step.

West of I-95, a second public body handles infrastructure upkeep. The Viera Stewardship District, established on June 23, 2006 under Chapter 2006-360 (Viera Stewardship District required reporting), exists to fund and maintain public infrastructure for the West Viera Development of Regional Impact, and its work includes aquatic weed control in the drainage system and community canal, street lighting and wetland and habitat maintenance in the Viera Wilderness Park (Viera Stewardship District). The district covers about 13,441.6 acres bounded by the Eight-Mile Canal on the north, the River Lakes Conservation Area on the west and south, and the Viera Development of Regional Impact and I-95 on the east. Its five supervisors serve four-year terms: three are elected in landowner elections and two in Brevard County general elections, and the district's listed telephone is (561) 571-0010 (Viera Stewardship District board and contact).

The three public draws are Viera Regional Park and its community center, the Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands west of I-95, and Rotary Park at Suntree on the Indian River Lagoon, all run by Brevard County.

Viera Regional Park at 2300 Judge Fran Jamieson Way covers 117.62 acres with lighted baseball, softball and AstroTurf soccer fields, 4 lighted tennis and pickleball courts, 2 playgrounds, paved pedways with lake views and free parking, and its 18,000 sq. ft. community center opens Monday through Thursday 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM, Friday to 6:00 PM and Saturday 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM, (321) 433-4891 (Viera Regional Park). The Viera Regional Park guide covers the fields, courts, pavilions and center schedule in detail.

The Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands, often called the Viera Wetlands, open daily from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM. The county describes them as a constructed treatment wetland of 200 acres in four cells of roughly 35 acres each plus a central lake, part of the East Section of the Great Florida Birding Trail since 2008; motor vehicles are kept off the access road, so visitors park at the designated area and walk or bike, and fishing, hunting and swimming are not allowed (Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands).

Rotary Park at Suntree is a 10.36-acre river park at U.S. 1 and Suntree Boulevard with a 140-foot fishing pier, a large playground, six picnic shelters with grills and free parking (Rotary Park at Suntree). For indoor time, the Suntree/Viera Public Library at 902 Jordan Blass Drive is open Monday and Tuesday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday to 6 p.m., Friday and Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and closed Sunday, (321) 255-4404 (Suntree/Viera Public Library); the Suntree/Viera library guide covers its rooms, computers and printing.

The Viera and Suntree public schools named here, one of them a charter school, all earned an A in the Florida Department of Education's 2025-26 school grades, released as of September 1, 2026 (FLDOE 2026 school grades file).

The state file lists Viera High School with a 99 percent graduation rate for 2024-25 alongside its A (FLDOE school grades, Viera High). Manatee Elementary is at 3425 Viera Blvd., phone (321) 433-0050 (Manatee Elementary), and Viera Middle School is at 6093 Stadium Parkway, phone 321-350-8766 (Viera Middle School). The federal school locator lists Suntree Elementary at 900 Jordan Blass Dr., on the same street as the library, and Quest Elementary at 8751 Trafford Dr., both serving pre-kindergarten through grade 6 (NCES public school search, ZIP 32940). The Brevard Public Schools guide covers enrollment.

The West Viera Development of Regional Impact that the Viera Stewardship District serves currently anticipates 18,023 housing units, 546,129 square feet of commercial space and 476,368 square feet of office space (Viera Stewardship District).

The Census housing tables show where the building has happened. In Viera West, 46.6 percent of housing units were built from 2010 to 2019, 10.9 percent in 2020 or later and 32.0 percent from 2000 to 2009 (ACS DP04, Viera West). Viera East is the older half: 42.7 percent of its units date from 1990 to 1999, 43.6 percent from 2000 to 2009, 4.0 percent from 2010 to 2019 and 0.3 percent from 2020 or later (ACS DP04, Viera East). A five-year survey ending in 2024 cannot count homes finished after it.

The Stewardship District board itself changes in November 2026: three of its five seats list terms that expire in 11/2026 (Viera Stewardship District board list), and the district refers readers to the Brevard County Supervisor of Elections for further information. Last verified: October 21, 2026, when the Census tables, the Stewardship District page, the FLDOE grades file and the county park, library, wetlands and emergency pages were each re-read for Viera and Suntree.

Viera and Suntree flood policies fall under unincorporated Brevard County, which FEMA rates Community Rating System class 8: a 10 percent discount inside the special flood hazard area and 5 percent outside it (FEMA NFIP Community Status Book).

For Viera, the FEMA record for community 125092 shows the county's currently effective flood map is dated 01/29/21 and that its class 8 rating took effect on October 1, 2024 (FEMA community status record, Brevard County). A Viera or Suntree homeowner checking a specific lot uses that effective map, not an older survey.

Storm preparation runs through Brevard County Emergency Management at 1751 Huntington Lane, Rockledge, phone (321) 637-6670, which also handles the special needs registry and evacuation information (Brevard County Emergency Management). Its AlertBrevard system sends notices about boil-water orders, shelter-in-place or evacuation orders and other emergencies based on the addresses a resident registers, by call, text or email. The Brevard County safety section has the step-by-step guides: emergency management, AlertBrevard emergency alerts, hurricane shelters and the special needs registry, and sandbags.